As many as 90 cold-hit families of uryea union of Fulchhari upazila in the district got financial support of Taka 2.70 Lakh from SKS Foundation on Thursday.
The financial support was distributed under 'Emergency Cold Wave Response Project' that is being implemented at the union in partnership with SKS Foundation in cooperation with Save the children to help them restore their livelihood affected by severe cold wave.
Union Parishad (UP) Chairman Golam Mostafa Kamal Pasha formally disbursed the financial aid to the heads of the affected families as the chief guest.
The UP chairman thanked the SKS Foundation and the donor organisation (Save the Children) for standing beside the cold-hit families.
Project Officer of Save the Children here Abu Bakar Siddique, Project Manager Mushfiqur Rahman Faruque, Upazila Coordinator of Mamota Project Harun-or-Rashid and other officers and staff of the foundation including local elite attended the function.
Each of the families received Taka 3,000 as aid from the organisation, said Mushfiqur Rahman Faruque. Earlier, the cold affected families also got kit boxes under the project, he added.
